Isn’t it a little late for John McCain and the Republicans to start worrying about government redistribution of wealth? McCain claims to be alarmed by Barack Obama’s tax plan, which would tax upper-income people in order to provide tax cuts to lower- and middle-income people, many of whom don’t pay income taxes. McCain and running-mate Sarah Palin call this socialism.The rest of this week's op-ed, "Government Is Already an Income-Transfer Machine," is at The Future of Freedom website.
But the criticism is odd considering all the redistribution McCain has proposed in his presidential campaign and has supported during his long career.
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